Sorry I got distracted by the quote about people all over the world learning Irish but, you're right, that's even more blatantly a wind up.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Monday, 1 June 2020 13:15 (three years ago) link
Yeah, even Kate Bush probably didn't learn Bulgarian.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Monday, 1 June 2020 13:20 (three years ago) link
I was thinking more of the dance part.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Monday, 1 June 2020 13:21 (three years ago) link
Какво по дяволите каза за мен, ти малка кучко? Трябва да знаеш, че съм завършил като най-добрия във випуска ми сред морските тюлени, участвал съм в множество тайни нападения на Ал-Кайда и имам над 300 потвърдени убийства. Обучен съм в горилско военно дело и съм най-добрият снайперист във въоръжените сили на САЩ. За мен не си нищо повече от просто поредната цел . Ще те очистя с точност, каквато никога преди не е била виждана на повърхността на планетата, не забравяй шибаните ми думи. Мислиш, че ще ти се размине с това да ме псуваш през интернет? Помисли отново, шибаняко. Докато говорим се свързвам с тайната ми мрежа от шпиони на територията на САЩ и IP адресът ти се проследява в същия момент, така че по-добре се подготви за бурята, скапаняк. Бурята, която ще унищожи жалкото нещо, което наричаш свой живот. Мъртъв си, хлапе. Мога да бъде навсякъде по всяко време, мога да те убия по над седемстотин различни начина и то само с голите ми ръце. Не само че съм широко обучен в невъоръжена борба, но имам достъп до целия арсенал на морската пехота на САЩ и ще го използвам в пълна степен да изтрия нещастния ти задник от лицето на континента, малко лайнарче такова. Ако можеше да знаеш какво безбожно възмездие малкият ти "остроумен" коментар ще ти донесе, може би щеше да държиш шибания си език зад зъбите. Но не го задържа, проговори, и сега ще си плащаш цената, проклет идиот. Ще изсера целия си бяс върху теб и ще се удавиш в него. Мъртъв си, хлапак.
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 June 2020 13:21 (three years ago) link
Haha
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Monday, 1 June 2020 13:24 (three years ago) link
:D
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 1 June 2020 13:25 (three years ago) link
Meolmane, choose wisely. After listening to a Hendricks, Lambert & Ross record I spent several years mastering this strange new language. But people only laugh when I use it in public.
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 1 June 2020 13:46 (three years ago) link
My family have been communicating exclusively in Hopelandish since 2001.
― Shampoo for my real friends (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 1 June 2020 13:49 (three years ago) link
A-choo-woo-woooooo
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 June 2020 13:50 (three years ago) link
^^ in mind it's always been 'eh-tu-wie-ieeeeeuuuuueeeee' but yours works just as well :)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:28 (three years ago) link
True sign of a universal language.
Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped
― ciderpress, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link
I think it's incredibly tacky (to be generous) to ask this question in this manner, especially at this time.
In fact, if I wasn't being generous I would say it's obvious racist trolling* and the number of posters who are all "wait a minute, there's a serious discussion here we should entertain" is sickening.
* remember, trolling doesn't need to be insincere; it just needs to evoke a reaction
― (so serious) (DJP), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link
the number of posters who are all "wait a minute, there's a serious discussion here we should entertain" is sickening
rt
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:36 (three years ago) link
DJP otm and also
I was so sure this was an ancient revive
― lukas, Saturday, May 30, 2020 5:37 PM (two days ago)
― mh, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:43 (three years ago) link
tbf most of us have been 'engaging' while also being extremely critical of the suspicious-at-best OP and basically asking them to rethink their ideas (which they haven't done)
― imago, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
There is a stark difference between "your thesis is flawed and this is why" and "well hey now, let's not jump down this person's throat; this request is completely understandable and we should be nice"
― (so serious) (DJP), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:46 (three years ago) link
Sorry to disappoint, DJP. I do hope you're talking cultural differences into account, though – like I keep saying, not all of us are American or even from English-speaking countries, and that has a significant bearing on how we interpret OP's question, no matter how familiar we may be with US culture. I'm fairly certain that such a 'challenge' would have generated no controversy whatsoever on a French-language message board, for instance.
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:50 (three years ago) link
plenty of reasons why it was obvious from the start that this was a troll thread, but don't think "this alleged new poster clearly has detailed knowledge of the history of ilxor.com" has been mentioned yet.
― Shampoo for my real friends (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:53 (three years ago) link
Regardless, roxymuzak's point about 'reading a room' totally stands.
xp
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:53 (three years ago) link
xp Detailed, really? If I had such a ludicrous query on my mind and took an afternoon familiarizing myself with various general music forums, this is where I'd go. I mean that's kind of why I like this place.
― maffew12, Monday, 1 June 2020 15:09 (three years ago) link
I mean stuff like this
I personally haven't assumed that other posters here are American. After all, didn't ILM largely start as a community for fans of a Scottish twee-pop band?― Melomane, Sunday, May 31, 2020 2:15 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Melomane, Sunday, May 31, 2020 2:15 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Shampoo for my real friends (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:41 (three years ago) link
ha, missed that. Did this guy ever say where he is supposedly from?
― maffew12, Monday, 1 June 2020 15:43 (three years ago) link
Braggadocia
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:44 (three years ago) link
Melomane isn't a new poster, though. Just do a name search.
― jmm, Monday, 1 June 2020 15:45 (three years ago) link
He joined in 2018 and even then posted that ILM formed from Belle and Sebastian fans
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:47 (three years ago) link
So there goes the "he didn't know better" defense
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:48 (three years ago) link
bad questions deserve bad answers so I'm gonna say TobyMac
― mh, Monday, 1 June 2020 15:48 (three years ago) link
HHahahaha
Luv is a verb!
i've been here occasionally since mid 00s but somehow only found out the b&s thing this year. so much makes sense now in retrospect
― no (Left), Monday, 1 June 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link
Same lol.
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 June 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link
The shame will always be with us :(
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Monday, 1 June 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link
I just checked the wikipedia page to see if the B&S thing is mentioned; it's not but I did see this lmao: "The 200,000th thread occurred on February 1st, 2020 to very little fanfare and much disappointment"
― dip to dup (rob), Monday, 1 June 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link
ilx: very little fanfare, much disappointment
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 1 June 2020 16:20 (three years ago) link
lol otm
― dip to dup (rob), Monday, 1 June 2020 16:21 (three years ago) link
Get me away from here, I'm drowning in braggadocio.
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 June 2020 16:22 (three years ago) link
Braggadocio in the snow, where will you goTo find something you could troll?Cause the word out on the street is you are FP'ing
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 1 June 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
Beautiful, brings a twear to my eye.
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 June 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
was ilx actually a belle and sebastian fan forum first? that would be awesome
― treeship., Monday, 1 June 2020 16:28 (three years ago) link
no idea about this connection to B&S. Google brought me to a book about fan cultures.
https://imgur.com/a/MVojVy5.jpg
― maffew12, Monday, 1 June 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
I Love Tigermilk
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 June 2020 16:31 (three years ago) link
i try again https://i.imgur.com/lfOWm5J.jpg
― maffew12, Monday, 1 June 2020 16:34 (three years ago) link
Melomane, music fan on the end pewYou'd hip hop, but the tropes just won't let youLe FP de la Braggadocio
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 1 June 2020 16:34 (three years ago) link
(quiet)
brutal
― jmm, Monday, 1 June 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
I prefer "sleepy"
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 1 June 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
ILM = Joe Biden?
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 June 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
When people on ilx get backed into a corner via backlash they weren't expecting they either lose their cool and end up digging a deeper hole or they try too hard to appear thoughtful and save face with overwritten clarifications and... end up digging a deeper hole.
― Evan, Monday, 1 June 2020 16:39 (three years ago) link
well i guess we found a sinister user amirite?
― maffew12, Monday, 1 June 2020 16:40 (three years ago) link
It's funny because I was on S*n*st*r (not embarrassed by this fact, just mortified by the content of my posts on there / the person I was aged 19) and then only joined ILX around um 2014 I think? And yeah, there were a couple of people on there like that.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 1 June 2020 16:50 (three years ago) link